9th District

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) learned of the passing of former New York Congressman Charles B. Rangel on Sunday at 94 and made the following statement:

“I had the honor of serving with Charlie Rangel for 10 years. A gentleman and a legislative giant, honored by Memphis with the I AM A MAN award, we stood together on healthcare, drug reform, Cuba and much more. I was always proud to vote alongside him and the Congressional Black Caucus he founded. He was one of the greats. May he rest in peace.”

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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a member of the House Democrats’ Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force created to address Trump Administration power grabs through intervention in the federal courts, today applauded a Boston federal judge’s ruling preventing the dismantling of the Department of Education. Congressman Cohen signed on to the task force’s amicus curiae brief in State of New York v. Linda McMahon.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) this morning voted against a cruel and dangerous budget reconciliation bill which passed the House on a 215-214 vote, and made the following statement:

What: A press conference and ribbon cutting to exhibit two state-of-the-art mobile intensive care ambulances for which Congressman Steve Cohen secured $1 million in federal community project funding

Who: Speakers will include Congressman Cohen, Le Bonheur President and Surgeon-in-Chief Trey Eubanks, Dr. Rudy Kink of the Le Bonheur Pedi-Flite transport team, Le Bonheur Director of Spiritual Care Rev. Sarita Wilson-Anderson and Michael Ugwueke, President and CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, discussed implementation of the 2024 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization law, including his EVAC Act, at a full Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on an update of the measure on the anniversary of its passage.

During the hearing, Congressman Cohen said in part: 

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $913,225 to the study the Proteogenomics of Splicing Proteinopathies in Neurodegeneration from the National Institute on Aging.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today welcomed the choice of Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago as the first American pope to be known as Leo XIV, and made the following statement:

“I am very pleased to welcome the first American pope in history, a man from Chicago, my mother’s hometown. He has the potential to follow in Francis’ footsteps, caring for the sick, the poor and the disabled. I hope to see him visit Memphis. It was Cardinal Archbishop Samuel Stritch of Chicago who told Danny Thomas to build St. Jude in Memphis.”

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Memphis-Arkansas-Mississippi urban area will receive $18,246,472 in the current fiscal year from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

The state of Tennessee will receive $132,363,425 in funding through FTA formula programs statewide.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement: